John williams



(No Model.)

J. WILLIAMS.

. v INSECT TRAP. No. 383,788. Patented May 29, 1888.

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE,

JOHN wILLIAMs, on PORT OOLBORNE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

INSECT-TRAP.

QPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,788, dated May 29, 1888.

Application filed December 7, 1887. Serial No. 257,244. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

tree in the night, and will be particularly use-.

ful for trapping the codling-moth; or exposed in any situation it will be useful for catching any kind of moth or insect which flies during night. It will be of value both for destroying and collecting insects.

My insect-trap is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, and Fig. 3 a top plan view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The vessel A has sloping sides contracting toward the top, and preferably of circular shape, as shown in Fig. 3. It can be suspended in any required position by the hook 12, attached to the handle a. The vessel A may be made of galvanized iron or any other suitable material, and when in use will con- 0 sloping sides and are thrown into the liquid 0 and thus captured.

I do not claim as my invention the combination of a lighted lantern suspended above a vessel containing a liquid for the trapping of insects; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In insect-traps, the combination of an open vessel, A, contracted at the top and containing I a liquid, B, and with the handle a and hook 5c d, from which an ordinary lantern can be suspended so that the light is on or near a level with the top of the vessel A, substantially as set forth.

. JOHN WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

Gno. Ross, W. GIBsoN. 

